Winning the seventh continent

In the middle of the 21st century, there will be competition for the moon among the great powers, like what is happening to the North Pole.

'In a sense, the moon can be seen as the seventh continent of the earth. It can be forecasted: By the middle of the 21st century, there will be a competition for ownership of the areas near the 2 poles of the moon and the possibility of building bases on the moon ' - Mr. Lev Zelenyi, Director of the Research Institute space RAN (Russia), forecast.

Russia decided to regain its position

Scientists have demonstrated that at the two poles of the moon a large amount of ice could potentially be traced to life. In addition, the moon has many other resources, including rare metals. If there is no other option, the resources on the moon will be exploited to address the shortage of rare earth on earth.

The self-propelled robot Ngoc Ngoc landed on the moon in mid-January 12.(Photo: CNSA)

According to Zelenyi scientist, at the present time, Russia is investigating the moon research program until 2023 with the aim of restoring the leading position in the field of space research. The country is considering launching an orbiting device and two other devices land on the moon to get some samples from the South Pole and the North Pole.

Earlier, in April 2013, Energy Space Rocket Company decided to build a rocket that could fly around the moon and is expected to be completed by 2030, according to Company President Vitaly Lopota.

In the near future, Energy's Luna-Glob landing gear will land on the moon in 2015, while the moon's orbit will be launched in 2016. In addition, the landing zone of another device The Luna-Resurs name - launched in 2019 - could become a future deployment of the Russian base on the moon.

America is impatient

'Promising to exploit the natural resources on the moon' - academician Alexander Zheleznyakov, Tsiolkovsky Academy of Space Sciences, said. At the same time, he confirmed that Russia was present on the moon for other purposes. Mr. Zelenyi said that the base on the moon could replace or supplement the International Space Station (ISS). Experiences from long space expeditions may be applied by Russians to this project.

In November 2013, Deputy Director of the Russian No Family Roscosmos Denis Lyskov also said Russia is planning to build a permanent facility on the moon. Going further, at a meeting about the prospect of developing the space rocket field recently, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin proposed the relevant units, including Roscosmos, 'to realize what is being given is an illusion ' like building a science-based human base on the moon and many other projects.

Not only Russia urgently, the US is also very impatient. The fact that China's Hang Nga 3 probe carrying the self-propelled Rabbit Ngoc landed on the moon in mid-December 2013 sparked a political campaign in the US to explore and make full use of the moon. more paralyzed.

The focus of this campaign is the Moon Exploration Analysis Group (LEAG), hired by NASA to help plan the moon's exploration. According to Space website, LEAG is lobbying to write to the US Congress, emphasizing the importance of the moon. Under the general slogan 'Moon destination' , LEAG calls for using the earth's satellite as a stepping stone to the long-term ambition to travel in space, to explore the solar system.